4 Amendments of Elsi KATAINEN related to 2019/2131(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the future CAP should focus on supporting small and family farms whilst ensuring that sustainable farming practices are being implemented; whereas such goals can only be achieved by a coherent approach across all EU policies, including competition policy;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas unforeseeable natural disasters and events are likely to make the market for agricultural products even more volatile and subject to crisis; notes, in this regard, the importance of access to exceptional measures which aim to preserve the market stability;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain and calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereofand functioning thereof; notes that this Directive constitutes a first step towards the protection of farmers and towards addressing the imbalance of power in the EU food supply chain and as such needs to be further enhanced to keep pace with future development of unfair trading practices; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Urges the Commission to swiftly unroll the “Farm to Fork Strategy” aiming at achieving sustainability across the whole food supply chain; notes that such a strategy would require a coherent approach encompassing all EU policies; points out, in this regard, that safeguarding fair competition and ensuring a level playing field for all businesses is essential in order to successfully promote the start-ups in the food sector and reach the economic targets;